The heat is back, and eager to cling to the last day of summer, it set a new record during an extended real estate shoot. I was tasked with making the interior and exterior photos and the surrounding forty acres of this beautiful country estate outside of town. Regarding acreage, I admit that four acres and forty acres look similar. I fly the drone until it is just a speck in the bright summer sky and turn the camera for different angles and hope for the best. Property owners try to help with directions like "go to the dried up creek" and the "little pond covered in Lilly pads," which looks the same to me at two hundred feet. I was just north of an airforce base; you cannot fly close to an airfield, much less a major military installation. I'm relieved when the props spin up and the drone lifts off; it is difficult to explain to a client that the drone will not fily at the property coordinates due to a "no-fly zone" posted for that area. However, my UAV flew and then returned to the spot where it had lifted off with its charactristic "swoosh." The forty acres were behind the home, assuring a magnificent view. The home was beautiful, with tall ceilings and a private pool worthy of House and Gardens. The pool had its own bar and bath surrounded by banana plants not often seen in that area. I'm sure the owner has many beautiful memories from there.
